Yessss
― future glown (crüt), Monday, 2 March 2015 13:27 (nine years ago) link
He gives the backstory---still not sure if incl. any of the recent recordings mentioned on twitter (not mentioned here), but either way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AqXaZUlAu8
― dow, Friday, 6 March 2015 01:57 (nine years ago) link
tight
― five six and (man alive), Friday, 6 March 2015 02:08 (nine years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153038464586878
a truly magnificent Rodgers/Michael Portillo reaction shot featured from 7:10 here
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Saturday, 7 March 2015 00:09 (nine years ago) link
(bunch of videos here too)http://mofidelity.co/7-lessons-we-learned-from-nile-rodgers-london-electronic-arts-festival-06-03-15/
― dow, Sunday, 8 March 2015 18:28 (nine years ago) link
that i'll be there clip has me excitedddd
― brosario nawson (m bison), Sunday, 8 March 2015 18:45 (nine years ago) link
I hope that between "I'll Be There" and "Sugah Daddy" dubby space horns become a big thing
― raih dednelb (The Reverend), Monday, 9 March 2015 05:11 (nine years ago) link
no one thought that ‘Get Lucky’ was going to be the insane hit that it was. In fact, the predicted big hit from ‘Random Access Memories’ was supposed to be ‘Lose Yourself to Dance’. ‘Get Lucky’ was intended in a way as the ‘opening act’ for ‘Lose Yourself to Dance’, hence the latter’s higher production values.no one thought that ‘Get Lucky’ was going to be the insane hit that it was. In fact, the predicted big hit from ‘Random Access Memories’ was supposed to be ‘Lose Yourself to Dance’. ‘Get Lucky’ was intended in a way as the ‘opening act’ for ‘Lose Yourself to Dance’, hence the latter’s higher production values.
this is hilarious
― example (crüt), Monday, 9 March 2015 06:12 (nine years ago) link
sorry, nile rodgers' meddling with time has caused my posts to loop.
― example (crüt), Monday, 9 March 2015 06:16 (nine years ago) link
that is crazy
― Team Foxcatcherwatcher (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 9 March 2015 06:35 (nine years ago) link
Lose Yourself to Dance is the better song, makes sense to me
― five six and (man alive), Monday, 9 March 2015 14:54 (nine years ago) link
it's a better song to play with Stevie Wonder at the Grammys
― example (crüt), Monday, 9 March 2015 14:57 (nine years ago) link
that makes sense. LYTD is clearly richer in structure, sound, production. It's heavier and sounds more "important".but then "Get lucky" is more simple, lighter and more fun. perfect for the spring/summer vibe.
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 9 March 2015 15:03 (nine years ago) link
I like the idea of Get Lucky as an intro to LYTD though !
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 9 March 2015 15:04 (nine years ago) link
Actually when I think about it though, LYTD just doesn't seem like a good tempo to be the big single
― five six and (man alive), Monday, 9 March 2015 15:21 (nine years ago) link
well, not so much the tempo but the gravitas, almost darkness, of the track make it less mainstream, I guess.
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 9 March 2015 15:29 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, if anything, LYTD seems like a perfectly designed third single.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 9 March 2015 15:29 (nine years ago) link
Is there an unstoppable ubiquitous summer jam on the rise for this year, by the way ?
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 9 March 2015 15:30 (nine years ago) link
the "robots" parts in LYTD might be the best of the whole album... or even their best ever !
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 9 March 2015 15:32 (nine years ago) link
I Really Really Like You?Bills?
― MarkoP, Monday, 9 March 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
song is out; video drops in 2 hours
― example (crüt), Friday, 20 March 2015 12:10 (nine years ago) link
i love "back in the old school"
― example (crüt), Friday, 20 March 2015 12:33 (nine years ago) link
http://www.okayplayer.com/news/nile-rodgers-chic-ill-be-there-video.html
nice tune. video is uuuuuuh
― cis-het shitlord (Merdeyeux), Friday, 20 March 2015 19:31 (nine years ago) link
CHIC retweeted BANG Showbiz @BANGShowbiz 8m8 minutes ago
Chic + @nilerodgers are putting on an incredible show at @RoundhouseLDN! #IllBeThere #EverybodyDance 4:26 PM - 20 Mar 2015 · Details https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAkhJPSWsAAx7C2.jpg
― dow, Friday, 20 March 2015 21:36 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbt-kw2EkfU
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 16:41 (nine years ago) link
i really wish that whole documentary were available with english subtitles― example (crüt), mercredi 29 avril 2015 16:52 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkthe documentary is pretty cool, yeah.from a french perspective, it was quite fun (and wtf) to have all these interviews and comments from big stars and then... sheila !I didn't even know he had made an album for her...I also didn't know he was behind inxs' "original sin".― AlXTC from Paris, mercredi 29 avril 2015 17:32 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI should have put this on the Nile thread instead of the Daft thread, I guess..― AlXTC from Paris, mercredi 29 avril 2015 17:33 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkAm I missing something? All I saw was a sub 1-min video of a Daft Punk robot typing at a console while "Why?" played in the background.― The Reverend, mercredi 29 avril 2015 18:03 (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkyeah the "video" is nothing. it's part of a French Nile Rodgers documentary.― example (crüt), mercredi 29 avril 2015 18:14 (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkSurely an equivalent of this documentary has been made in english at some point ? Especially since all the interviews are in english !I mean it's cool and all but there must be many other interviews of Nile and all the other people involved on the subject.Among the best stuff are his comments about all the things he's done until now.With such an incredible history of hits he could sound like an asshole (or an hypocrite) but he manages to appear both proud and likeable.A bit like a kid bragging.Another nice thing is that throughout the documentary he almost always plays his (unplugged) guitar during the interviews.(OK this definitely belongs to the NL thread !)― AlXTC from Paris, mercredi 29 avril 2015 18:40 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― example (crüt), mercredi 29 avril 2015 16:52 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the documentary is pretty cool, yeah.from a french perspective, it was quite fun (and wtf) to have all these interviews and comments from big stars and then... sheila !I didn't even know he had made an album for her...I also didn't know he was behind inxs' "original sin".
― AlXTC from Paris, mercredi 29 avril 2015 17:32 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I should have put this on the Nile thread instead of the Daft thread, I guess..
― AlXTC from Paris, mercredi 29 avril 2015 17:33 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Am I missing something? All I saw was a sub 1-min video of a Daft Punk robot typing at a console while "Why?" played in the background.
― The Reverend, mercredi 29 avril 2015 18:03 (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah the "video" is nothing. it's part of a French Nile Rodgers documentary.
― example (crüt), mercredi 29 avril 2015 18:14 (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Surely an equivalent of this documentary has been made in english at some point ? Especially since all the interviews are in english !I mean it's cool and all but there must be many other interviews of Nile and all the other people involved on the subject.
Among the best stuff are his comments about all the things he's done until now.With such an incredible history of hits he could sound like an asshole (or an hypocrite) but he manages to appear both proud and likeable.A bit like a kid bragging.Another nice thing is that throughout the documentary he almost always plays his (unplugged) guitar during the interviews.
(OK this definitely belongs to the NL thread !)
― AlXTC from Paris, mercredi 29 avril 2015 18:40 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 16:42 (nine years ago) link
the interviews are in english but they're inaudible because of the dubbing!
― example (crüt), Wednesday, 29 April 2015 17:14 (nine years ago) link
"I'll Be There" is at the top of the Billboard dance charts.
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 21:24 (nine years ago) link
Duets added, also re Freak Out Festival:http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6612809/nile-rodgers-chic-album-interview?utm_source=twitter
― dow, Friday, 26 June 2015 23:22 (eight years ago) link
Lots of younger/other artists I'd like as guests, but these are mostly people he's known and performed with live and/or on their own records, ones he's comfortable with, so (maybe occasional stage colleague Prince will get in there too? NR's still working on tracks!)
― dow, Friday, 26 June 2015 23:26 (eight years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/22/nile-rodgers-goes-busking-london-south-bank
Chic’s Nile Rodgers treated passersby to some of his classics beside the Thames – and kept his guitar case open for donations. Initially unrecognisable in a wooly red hat, multicoloured scarf and camel jacket, he drew a modest crowd when he started singing Le Freak.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 27 June 2015 14:37 (eight years ago) link
So no Londoners here saw him busking, I guess...
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 June 2015 18:18 (eight years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/fashion/mens-style/nile-rodgers-still-chic-after-all-these-years.html
He is helping to score Hugh Jackman’s new one-man show, and it’s going to be “insane.” Coachella called him and booked Chic to perform at the festival for the first time next spring, right around the time he is due to hit 64
...Last month, Mr. Rodgers was on deadline to deliver tracks to Mr. Jackman, to Mr. Urban and to Stargate, the Norwegian producers behind many of Rihanna’s and Katy Perry’s hits.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 9 November 2015 16:19 (eight years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/may/18/nile-rodgers-my-greatest-mistake
The single biggest mistake of my entire life was not taking Miles Davis seriously when he said: "Write me a motherfucking 'Good Times'". We had done an Issy Miyake photoshoot together and become friends, but I still couldn't believe that he would ask me to help him make a hit record. This is a great man who changed my life – and he wanted me to help change his. The same thing happened when I first met David Bowie and he wanted a hit record: I thought he was joking.
― niels, Friday, 9 November 2018 12:12 (five years ago) link
oh my god
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Friday, 9 November 2018 12:16 (five years ago) link
o_O
― i want donald duck to scream into my dick (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 9 November 2018 12:23 (five years ago) link
CHIC @CHICorg
RT nilerodgers "Thrilled to announce that as part of the BBC’s Glastonbury Experience weekend (June 25th-29th), you’ll be able to watch the nilerodgers & CHICorg 2017 set on the Pyramid stage on BBCFOUR and BBCiPlayer. More details about the weekend … " To follow, I hope.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eat0pe0XsAAewNw?format=jpg&name=medium
― dow, Thursday, 18 June 2020 00:57 (three years ago) link
We Are Family played on a wah pedal. I played it this way so folks can hear the voice leading and substitutions. The G11 I play as a D-9 at times pic.twitter.com/RA67DduGP5— Nile Rodgers (@nilerodgers) June 20, 2020
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Saturday, 20 June 2020 21:51 (three years ago) link
This was a surprise to me!
Attending the #funeral of a Panther’s baby. I’m the skinny 16 year-old brother on the right. Sub-section leader of Lower Manhattan Section, Harlem Branch. We were so filled with love. pic.twitter.com/qyewOg59PI— Nile Rodgers (@nilerodgers) June 4, 2021
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 4 June 2021 03:23 (three years ago) link
love him even more now
― class project pat (m bison), Friday, 4 June 2021 04:08 (three years ago) link
So great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRERgcQe-fQ
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 26 October 2023 18:06 (seven months ago) link
I had so much joy in the past 15m and that’s only halfway TY
― BEWARE! SPOOKY! BOO! (Hunt3r), Thursday, 26 October 2023 19:25 (seven months ago) link
I kind of remember reading that he never used an amp on records- just DI. Sounds like a lot of compression going in. I've gotten similar sounds with my strat and DI to an actual mic pre/ comp channel strip (as opposed to a pedal).
Delays such as the rhythm guitar on Let's Dance were a Bob Clearmountain thing, more than a Nile thing, if I had to guess.
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Friday, 27 October 2023 04:40 (seven months ago) link
About 4:00 in this fascinating video, Niles explains the reason for using the delay like that.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlDCPCwVNUw
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 27 October 2023 04:53 (seven months ago) link
In college, I sang with the keyboard player who busts out the impromptu Soul Glo solo
― the new drip king (DJP), Friday, 27 October 2023 13:06 (seven months ago) link
lmao that guy was so good!!!
― oatly carmichael (m bison), Friday, 27 October 2023 13:09 (seven months ago) link
Dang that Tiny Desk concert is ridiculous - thanks for posting
― Indexed, Friday, 27 October 2023 14:51 (seven months ago) link
Haha yes, that guy was totally the highlight
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Friday, 27 October 2023 15:06 (seven months ago) link